II. documenta

{{Short description|1959 art exhibition in Kassel, West Germany}}

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II. documenta was the second edition of documenta, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition. It was held between 11 July and 1 October 1959 in Kassel, West Germany. The artistic director was Arnold Bode in collaboration with art historian Werner Haftmann.Ausstellungskatalog: II. documenta ’59. Kunst nach 1945; Katalog: Band 1: Malerei; Band 2: Skulptur; Band 3: Druckgrafik; Textband. Kassel/Köln 1959

Participants

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width="20%"| René Achtwidth="20%"| Henri-Georges Adamwidth="20%"| Hans Aeschbacherwidth="20%"| Afro (Afro Basaldella)width="20%"| Gerhard Altenbourgwidth="20%"|
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|Karel Appel

Mordecai ArdonKenneth ArmitageHans Arp
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Francis BaconVojin BakićEduard BargheerHeinz BattkeEugen Batz
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|Willi Baumeister

Jean BazaineWilliam BaziotesAndré BeaudinGustav Kurt Beck
Max BeckmannHans BellmerAnna-Eva BergmanHubert BerkeGaston Bertrand
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|Max Bill

Renato BirolliJulius BissierRoger BissièreAndré Bloc
Norman BluhmUmberto BoccioniWalter BodmerAnne BonnetConstantin Brâncuși
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|Georges Braque

Theo BraunVictor BraunerJames BrooksPeter Brüning
Carl BuchheisterAlberto BurriJan BurssensReg Butler
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Alexander CalderAlexander CamaroMassimo CampigliGiuseppe CapogrossiCarmelo Cappello
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| Bruno Cassinari

Sergio de CastroCésar BaldacciniLynn ChadwickMarc Chagall
Bernard ChildsEduardo ChillidaGiorgio de ChiricoEmil CimiottiAntoni Clavé
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|Henry Cliffe

Otto CoesterPietro ConsagraConstant NieuwenhuysCorneille Guillaume Beverloo
Antonio CorporaPierre CourtinHarold B. CousinsModest Cuixart
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Karl Fred DahmenAlan DavieJean DegottexJacques Charles DelahayeRobert Delaunay
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|Paul Delvaux

André DerainJean DeyrolleEugène DodeignePiero Dorazio
Gianni DovaJean DubuffetBernard Dufour
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Theo EbleMax ErnstMaurice EstèveMerlyn Oliver Evans
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Joseph FassbenderJean FautrierPericle FazziniFranz FedierLuis Feito
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|Herbert Ferber

Lucio FontanaNino FranchinaSam FrancisHelen Frankenthaler
Othon Friesz
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Naum GaboWinfried GaulRupprecht GeigerClaude GeorgesJacques Germain
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|Alberto Giacometti

Émile GilioliWerner GillesRoger-Edgar GilletMichael Goldberg
Bruno GollerJulio GonzálezArshile GorkyAdolph GottliebKarl Otto Götz
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|Otto Greis

HAP GrieshaberJuan GrisMarcel GromairePhilip Guston
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Terry HaassRoel D’HaeseÉtienne HajdúOtto Herbert HajekSimon Hantaï
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|Fritz Harnest

Grace HartiganHans HartungKarl HartungRudolf Hausner
Stanley William HayterBernhard HeiligerWerner HeldtBarbara HepworthAuguste Herbin
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|Peter Herkenrath

Ernst HermannsAnton HeyboerRoger HiltonGerhard Hoehme
Rudolf HoflehnerHans Hofmann
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Yūichi InoueRolf Iseli
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Robert JacobsenFranz M. JansenGuido JendritzkoAsger Jorn
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Wassily KandinskyTadeusz KantorZoltán KeményEugène de KermadecErnst Ludwig Kirchner
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|Heinrich Kirchner

Paul KleeFranz KlineFritz KoenigMax Kohler
Oskar KokoschkaWillem de KooningNorbert KrickeRudolf Kügler
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Wifredo LamOctave LanduytAndré LanskoyPeter LanyonBerto Lardera
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|Ibram Lassaw

Ger LatasterHenri LaurensJan LebensteinLe Corbusier
Fernand LégerHeinz LeinfellnerJean Le MoalOsvaldo LiciniWalter Linck
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|Jacques Lipchitz

Morice LipsiSeymour LiptonLucebertJean Lurçat
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Alberto MagnelliRené MagritteKazimir MalevichAlfred ManessierGiacomo Manzù
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|Franz Marc

Conrad Marca-RelliGerhard MarcksAdam MarczyńskiAndré Marfaing
Marino MariniAlbert MarquetAndré MassonUmberto MastroianniEwald Mataré
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|Georges Mathieu

Henri MatisseRoberto MattaBernard MeadowsMatschinsky-Denninghoff
Georg MeistermannMarc MendelsonLudwig MerwartHans MettelHenri Michaux
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|Leone Minassian

Luciano MinguzziMirko BasaldellaJoan MiróJoan Mitchell
Piet MondrianHenry MooreGiorgio MorandiMattia MoreniEnnio Morlotti
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|Richard Mortensen

Robert MotherwellMax von MühlenenRobert MüllerWilli Müller-Hufschmid
Edo MurtićZoran Mušič
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Ernst Wilhelm NayRenee NeleEndre NemesRolf NeschBarnett Newman
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|Ben Nicholson

Isamu NoguchiSidney NolanEmil Nolde
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Richard OelzeChristian d’OrgeixFayga Ostrower
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Eduardo PaolozziVictor PasmoreAlicia PenalbaAchille PerilliAntoine Pevsner
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|Jean Piaubert

Pablo PicassoÉdouard PignonArthur Luiz PizaHans Platschek
Serge PoliakoffJackson PollockArnaldo PomodoroGiò PomodoroPiotr Potworowski
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|Richard Pousette-Dart

Mario Prassinos
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Robert RauschenbergPaul RebeyrolleGermaine RichierFritz RiedlJean-Paul Riopelle
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|Günter Ferdinand Ris

Otto RitschlKurt RoeschGerburg RohdeHans Rompel
Theodore RoszakMark RothkoGeorges Rouault
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Rolf SackenheimGiuseppe SantomasoAntonio SauraEmilio ScanavinoKarl Schaper
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|Edwin Scharff

Oskar SchlemmerGérard Ernest SchneiderNicolas SchöfferBernard Schultze
Emil SchumacherKurt SchwittersToti ScialojaWilliam ScottAndré Dunoyer de Segonzac
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|Gustav Seitz

Jaroslaw SerpanMichel SeuphorBen ShahnJosef Šíma
Gustave SingierMario SironiDavid SmithK.R.H. SonderborgPierre Soulages
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|Luigi Spazzapan

Ferdinand SpringerToni StadlerNicolas de StaëlFrançois Stahly
Theodoros StamosClyfford StillGabrijel StupicaKumi SugaiGraham Sutherland
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|Arpad Szenès

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Shinkichi TajiriPierre Tal-CoatRufino TamayoYves TanguyDorothea Tanning
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|Antoni Tàpies

Yūkei TejimaFred ThielerMark TobeyBradley Walker Tomlin
Hann TrierHeinz TrökesDrago TršarGiulio TurcatoAnn Twardowicz
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|Jack Tworkov

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Raoul UbacHans Uhlmann
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Louis Van LintVictor VasarelyEmilio VedovaGeer van VeldeAlberto Viani
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|Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Jacques VillonFriedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart
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Gerhard WendlandHans WerdehausenTheodor WernerGerhard WindFritz Winter
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|Karl Anton Wolf

WolsFritz WotrubaWoty WernerBryan Wynter
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Taihô Yamazaki
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Ossip ZadkineMac ZimmermannUnica Zürn

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